Re: wood splitter pictures and comments

Posted by RAB on November 18, 2006 at 22:59:18 from (195.93.21.42):

In Reply to: wood splitter pictures and comments posted by phil lowe on November 18, 2006 at 18:39:10:

The only error not picked up (I think) is the force produced by a 6 inch ram - 40 tons.

Correct me if I"m wrong but that figure should be closer to 30 tons, unless you are working with short tons and have an over-size ram! So steelwork ratings may not be appropriate.
Of course that also reduces the force from a 4 inch cylinder, at that pressure, to a bit under 15 tons

(Pi*diameter*diameter)/4 = cross sectional area

At 2500 psi, force is 2500/2240 tons per square inch that only works out to 31 1/2 tons force.

I only point this out "cos someone designing a unit, without checking their own sums, may be misled. I always do it "belt and braces" fashion, working on the assumption that if it can be overloaded, it will.
I do note that your over-estimation will lead to 33% over-design in the steelwork, so perhaps that is not a bad thing.
Regards, RAB

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